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March 31, 1925. v 1,531,401

5. KAWAI GAME FiledAug. 30, 1924 1 k v & W

INVENTOR M ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES SHOZABURO KAWAI; OF NEW YORK, Y.

GAME.

Application filed August 30, 1924. Serial No. 735,214.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHOZABURO KAWAI, a subject of the Emperor of Japamand a resident of the-city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Game, of which the following is a specification. r

The present invention relates to a game of the type in which a ball or marble is caused to travel over an inclined surface which is provided with means for deflecting the ball to cause it to take an irregular or tortuous path. One object of the present case is to provide a container or hopper in which the ball is deposited, ready to be released upon the inclined surface, the hopper having a transparent door or trap for releasing the ball, the latter being visible through the door prior to its release. The door is adaptedvto be operated by any individual player and forthis purpose 1 provide a plurality of operating cords connected with common means for; actuating the door so that any player may actuate the door and the operation will be the same even if a number of players simultaneously pull the operating cords. of my invention is toprovide an inclined surface or board 011 which the ball moves by gravity and is opposed'or baffled by obstructions, such as pins, projecting from the board and after the ball moves down the inclined board the momentum carries it across the scoring board and thence upwardly at the opposite side of the scoring board onto an inclined and transparent shield. The ball is adapted to roll back and forth between this inclined, transparent screen, the scoring board and the inclined board on which it first travels, so that the ball takes the back and forth motion a number of times before settling down onto the scoring board. The latter is preferably provided with .a row of shallow pockets or recesses for the ball to seat in and I prefer to divide the scoring board oil into spaces suitably designated so that some lesser count may be given when the ball fails to be captured in one of the recesses or pockets. 7

In the drawing forming part of this application, i v V Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game embodying my invention, with part of the front shield broken away,

- and Another object Figure 2 is a front elevation of the hopper from which the ball is released,

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view thereof,

Figure A- is an enlarged sectional View showing the arrangement of the scoring board, and the adjacent inclinedsurfaces,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal, sectional view through the scoring board.

The gan'ie device may-be arranged for public playing at amusement parks, although it is not limited tothis particular application. I r

/ In Figure 1 I have shown the game arranged adjacent a counter 1 whichmay be marked oft as indicated at 2-with spacings and scoring indicators corresponding with the scoring indications-on the scoring board but on a larger scale. The players may line up in front of the counter l and place coins on any or" the spaces. marked oli at 2 so that the player who selects the space or pocket corresponding with the one on the counting board on whichthe ball finally comes "to rest, will be the winner in any particular play. p

Thereare arranged over the counter 1 in convenient position, to be grasped by the )la ers several pull strin s 3 each en a 7 L O .7 b 2 ing over a pulley 4 and united with a common operating cord 5, and I prefer toprovide as'many pull St1111gS3 as there are positions indicated by the markings 2 on the. counter. 1. Any individual player or any number of players may pull one or more of the strings 3 to release the ball and start the play. A common cord 5 passes over a pulley 6 and thence over a pulley 7 and its lower. divided end 8 is connected with the opposite ends of a slidingtrap or door 9; The latter is slidable in front of the discharge opening 10 in afront wallof a hopper 11 which is provided with inclines l2 inside the hopper to deflect the ball to'a position opposite the opening 1 The door 9 may be arranged to slide against a front wall 12 of. the hopper and its upward movementis limited by the fixed stop 13 on this front wall, the movement being suflicient to permit the ball, deposited in the hopper, to roll out through the aperture 10and over the member 14 onto the inclined board 15. The door 9v is made of transparent material, such'as glass, in order that the players may observe the llO ' fiuenced in selecting the spaces 2.

position of the ball prior to its release from the hopper, so that the players will be inc and this will be goverend more or less by the height of the forward'shield. As the ball rolls over the surface of the board 17 and is deflected by the pins 18, it moves onto the scoring board 19 which latter is preferably, though not necessarily, in a horizontal'position. The top surface of this scoring board is preferably divided off by markings and at regular intervals there are shallow recesses or pockets 21 in the surface of this scoring boa-rd in which the ball may come to rest. These pockets 21 are made ShZtllOW in order that the ball will not come to rest in one of them when the ball first moves down the board 717, but only after the ball has rolled back and forth in the manner hereinafter described. 1

At the forward side of the scoring board 19 there is a shield 22 of transparent mate rial such as glass, and itis arran'gedat an obtuse angle in relation to the top surface of the board 19. As'this shield is of transparent material the movements of the ball may be observed by the players at the front of the counter 1, When the ball is released from the hopper it moves down the board 15 being deflected by the pins 16 and it then moves down the board 17 being deflected by the pins 18; andit rolls across the scoring board19 and upwardly on the shield 22 and from there it rolls back upon the board 19 and the board 17, sometimes striking the pins 18 on this return action. The ball may roll back and forth a number of times between the shield 22, the scoring board 19 i and the board 17 and it may progress along these several members forwardlvand backwardly so that the niterest of all players is maintained until the ball. finally comes to rest upon the scoring board 19, because of the uncertainty of the action of the ball in rolling back and forth upon the members 22. 19, 17.

Having described my invention, claim is:

1. A game comprising a scoring member on which a ball is adapted to come to rest, means forming an incline support on which what I the ball is adapted to roll to said scoring member, and a second inclined support onto ing to and coming to rest upon said scoring member. 7 I

2. A game comprising a scoring member on which a ball is adapted to'come to rest, means forming an inclined support on which the ball is adapted to roll tosaid scoring member, and a second, inclined support arranged on the opposite side of said scoring member to the said first inclined support, the ball being adapted to roll down said first inclined support, across said scoring member, upwardly on said second inclined sup port and back again on the scoring member to score.

3. A game comprising a scoring member onwhich a ball is adapted to come to rest, means forming an inclined support on which the ball is adapted toroll to said scoring member and a second, transparent, inclined support arranged on the opposite side of said scoring member to the said first in-x clined support, the ball being adapted to roll down said first inclined support, across of said scoring member to said first inclined said scoring member, upwardly on said second inclined support and back again on the scoring member to score.

4:- A game comprising a scoring member on which a ball is adapted to come to rest, means forming an inclined support on which the ball is adapted to roll to said scoring member, bafiie means on said inclined support to cause'the ball to take an uncertain, irregular course thereover, and a second, inclined support arranged on the opposite side support, the ball being adapted to roll down said first inclined support, across said scoring member, upwardly on said second inclined support and back again'on the scoring member to score.

A game, comprising a scoring member on which a ball is adapted to come to rest, having recesses or pockets for the ball, means forming an'inclined support on which theball is adapted to roll'to said scoring member, a second inclined support arranged on the opposite side of said scoring member to said first inclined support, theball being adapted to roll down saidffirstinclined supportwith suilicient momentum to pass over said recesses on the first crossing of said scoring member, the ball being adapted to roll upwardly on saidrsecond inclined support and thenicejbacl: againto saidscoring member to score. 7 I

Signed at city ofNew York in the county of New ,York and State of New York this 9th day of June, 192i. f

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